SeahawksFanForever wrote:I wonder if Fells is cut to open a slot on the 90 man ??

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SeahawksFanForever wrote:I think this has to do more with bringing in someone else taking his spot. I doubt he's done anything wrong. They probably have an eye on some player that they want to bring in

Roster was at 91, so they needed to get to 90 as the UDFAs officially signed their deals.

I wouldn't be surprised if Fells stayed in town as a non-roster invite at mini-camp.

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SeahawksFanForever wrote:I think this has to do more with bringing in someone else taking his spot. I doubt he's done anything wrong. They probably have an eye on some player that they want to bring in

They have Miller, McCoy, McGrath, Helfet and now Willson on the roster.

The timing just seems weird. There's no harm in keeping him around, at least through rookie camp.

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Hawkstorian wrote:I wonder if Fells is cut to open a slot on the 90 man ??

Roster was at 91, so they needed to get to 90 as the UDFAs officially signed their deals.

Except that it doesn't. The drafted rookies don't count against the roster until they sign their contracts, which I don't think any have yet . . .

It wouldn't be too surprising to start to see many of these guys sign deals. With the new CBA there isn't a lot of wiggle room to negotiate these deals and the further back you are drafted, the less room there is, so with our not having a first rounder, I think we'll sign our rookies relatively quickly.

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kidhawk wrote:It wouldn't be too surprising to start to see many of these guys sign deals. With the new CBA there isn't a lot of wiggle room to negotiate these deals and the further back you are drafted, the less room there is, so with our not having a first rounder, I think we'll sign our rookies relatively quickly.

I think the Ravens have all of there's already signed. The Bears too, IIRC.

Drafted players DO count against the 90 man now. That started last year. It's also the reason they are signing so early. In the past teams would put off signing picks because it was a way of have extra players before training camp. Not anymore.

The hard rookie scale is another reason picks are signing in May, but really most picks had a hard scale anyway.

Hawkstorian wrote:Drafted players DO count against the 90 man now. That started last year. It's also the reason they are signing so early. In the past teams would put off signing picks because it was a way of have extra players before training camp. Not anymore.

The hard rookie scale is another reason picks are signing in May, but really most picks had a hard scale anyway.

I have to think having to cut down to the 90-man roster put him at direct odds with Willson, and Willson was the better choice. Makes sense. Both are athletic, raw, and unproven, but Willson is coming straight out of college football, and Fells is coming in not only athletic, raw, and unproven, but from a non-football background, with a whole lot tougher learning curve.

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The FO will pay for this! Fells gonna light it up with another team and make the Pro Bowl this season. Then and only then will 'hawks management realize they were wrong for not taking my advice. They'll prolly offer me a job again, but I'm not in this for the money. ;-) Ignore whom I adopt at your own peril, Sneider!

I was excited to see what the young fella could do as well, but i'm sure they had their reasons for releasing him...

not sure why some folks on here feel TE is a weak/thin position, i personally think it's one of the positions that's pretty solid with Miller and McCoy being 1 and 2.. the others will fall in line where Pete and Bevell see fit.. the TE position is not a concern for me, i'm more concerned about how this new D line gels, and when Clem's is coming back...